Topics of the training:

Strategic Planning stages in the strategic planning, identifying and involving key stakeholders, introduction to analysis of the environment and data bases, SWOT analysis trends, vision formulation, defining and prioritizing general strategic goals, assessment of internal resources and development of specific strategic objectives, developing performance indicators, development and assessment of alternatives, main steps in the implementation of the strategy: schedules, monitoring and evaluation.

Local Economic Development - basic concept of local economic development, creating local development programs which preserve and expand the existing businesses, programs for stimulating business and attracting new business, development of industrial parks, municipal marketing, creating municipal advisory councils on local economic development.